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  • ...tly by the theatrical entrepreneur James Jones and the equestrian [[George Jones]] (no relation). The Joneses would later establish a permanent circus in Ed George Washington attended at least one performance at Ricketts's Circus, on April
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  • ...don (Westminster, Blackfriars, and London Bridge). The place, known as St. George's Circus, had in its center an obelisk that was a well-known landmark. Agai ...sed the Royal Circus and, in 1794, leased it to [[James Jones]] and George Jones, whose company had included for a while [[John Bill Ricketts]], a talented
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  • ...prominence of [[Philip Astley]], [[Charles Hughes]], [[Andrew Ducrow]], [[George Sanger]], and other luminaries of the British circus, they still hold an im ...father's traveling circus company from the late 1700s. He married Mary Ann Jones in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in 1813 and they had several children over the nex
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  • George Carl (1916-2000) is a true comedy legend that remains an inspiration to any ...y performed notably with the [[Kelly-Miller Circus]] in the United States. George Carl, as he became known in the business, was then in his forties, and he s
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